Sunday, March 15, 2009

LA SYLLABUS - WEEK OF MARCH 16, 2009

Announcements:
  • Last week’s vocabulary quiz will be returned on Wednesday. If you wish to retake the quiz, you can attend retake opportunity on Thursday @ lunch. I must know you are attending. See me for a pass.
  • Study session – Friday @ 8:20 A.M. Pick up pass from back table. Focus is to review for this Friday’s vocabulary quiz.
  • Report Cards go home this Friday. However, you can check your LA grades online any time.

Monday:
  • Finish short story “Flowers for Algernon” and complete discussion questions.
  • Vocabulary List #11 (words commonly misspelled). Homework is due Wednesday (write each word 5 times, and write a clear definition for each word).
  1. grieve
  2. leisure
  3. necessary
  4. parallel
  5. prevalent
  6. renowned
  7. personnel
  8. recommend
  9. scheme
  10. occurrence

Tuesday:
  • Discuss next book report. [Format details will be given next week.] Your task for this week is to find a novel of any genre. Get this novel checked in and approved by Tuesday, 3/24.
  • In-class: Finish and edit draft of Ethnic Festival essay contest.

Wednesday and Thursday Meet in Media Center:
  • Collect vocabulary homework on Wednesday. Return on Thursday.
  • (During these Writing Workshops, you will revise and type your final draft of Ethnic Festival essay). Due by the end of the period on Thursday.

Friday:
  • Vocabulary quiz #11
  • Discuss the short story “Flowers for Algernon.”

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